We've had issues on our new Dell E6400's and Desktops where we have to make sure the drive controller is not set to AHCI mode in BIOS or our ImageCast drives will not work.
Granted, our version of ImageCast is a bit old, but this sounds like the same kind of issue. If we set the BIOS to IDE or legacy mode they are fine.. -- JRS [email protected] Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Thane Sherrington <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 10:03:11 AM > Subject: [H] Odd problem with hard drive > > I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 with a dying hard drive. It's a 100GB Seagate. > I > removed the drive and put it in our machine to clone it using Acronis. It > cloned successfully to a Western Digital 160GB drive, and when I rebooted > (still > on our computer, both drives showed up normally, the new drive passed SMART > tests, and they appeared to have the same files on each.) I installed the > drive > in the Dell and it BSOD'd on boot. When I rebooted it and went into setup, > it > said the drive was a 98.5GB drive. I put the drive back in our machine, and > although the BIOS said it was a WD1600BEXT, it said the size was 98.5GB. I > assumed the drive was bad, so I redid the copy on another drive, and exactly > the > same thing happened. I'm assuming that the Dell is somehow screwing up the > drive, but I've never seen anything like that before - has anyone else, and > do > you know of a fix? > > T
